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> All of the secret code depots DepotS ? So I assume Google finally gave up on making their one Perforce server scale, then? (Unless Google is crazy enough to
by hyperrail 15y ago
> All of the secret code depots
DepotS ? So I assume Google finally gave up on making their one Perforce server scale, then?
(Unless Google is crazy enough to actually do multiple depots on a single p4d instance...)
- rachelbythebay 15y agoJust like I used to tell candidates when they asked if we used Solaris, or Windows, or whatever you can think of: if you can think of a technology, the place is big enough to where there's probably an install of it somewhere. Along those lines, I doubt there's one of anything in there any more. It's just too big.
- twoodfin 15y ago> (Unless Google is crazy enough to actually do multiple depots on a single p4d instance...) Why is that "crazy"? AFAIK, depots are just an organizing mechanism, they don't have any effect on scalability. http://kb.perforce.com/article/684 http://kb.perforce.com/article/684
- hyperrail 15y ago"Crazy" is probably the wrong word for me to use (I have been known for my hyperbole in speech). What I meant was that, from my point of view, having multiple depots is almost the same as having multiple directories at the root of a single depot. The Perforce Support article you linked to says the same thing. Hence, I feel that having multiple depots on one Perforce server simply eats up client names and causes confusion among those who haven't learned the distinction between "depot" and "server".